The Flood

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• Read Genesis 61-7
• Why did the Lord judge the earth with the Flood?
• Sons of God mingled with the daughters of men and
  this produced mighty men
• The Lord saw how wicked man had become
• Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was
  great in the earth, and that every intent of the
  thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
  (vs 5)

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• Who were the sons of God referred to in verse 2
• There are different views regarding what
  happened.
• Sons of God could refer to the believing line
  from Seth who intermarried with unbelieving line
  OR
• Sons of God could refer to the angelic realm that
  somehow intermingled with humans!
• Jude 6-7

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• What else do we know about the earth at this
  time? (Gen 611-12)
• It was corrupt before God
• It was filled with violence
• All flesh had corrupted their way on the earth

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• Whatever happened, it led the Lord to be sorry
  that He had made man on the earth and He was
  grieved in His heart and led Him to destroy man
  plus..
• Beasts
• Creeping things
• Birds

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• In the midst of all this one man stood out Noah.
• How does the Spirit of God describe Noah? (vs
  8-9).
• He is described as
• A just man
• Perfect
• He walked with God

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• How long was man corrupting his way on the earth
  prior to the flood?
• Ussher (an Irish bishop) believed that the world
  was created in 4004 BC.
• Based upon his meticulous calculations he
  estimated that the Flood took place in 2348 BC,
  1656 years after the creation.

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• What were the physical conditions like prior to
  the Flood?
• Based upon Gen 1 vs 2, there was a substantial
  amount of water vapor in the atmosphere covering
  the earth.
• A mist went up from the earth and watered the
  whole face of the ground Gen 26

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• The Lord instructed Noah to build an ark. What do
  we know about the physical construction of the
  ark?
• Gopherwood
• Cover the rooms both on the inside and outside
  with pitch
• Size
• 300 cubits long
• 50 cubits wide
• 30 cubits high
• Had 1 window
• It had a door in its side
• It had 3 decks

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• Noah was instructed to bring his family and 2 of
  every sort of living thing into the Ark (male
  female) (619)
• Birds
• Animals
• Every creeping thing
• He also had to collect the food for both himself
  and for all of them as well

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• Genesis 7 1
• How does this apply to us today?

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• He was instructed to take in
• 7 of every clean animal
• 2 of every unclean animal
• 7 of every kind of bird

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• The Lord instructed Noah to enter the ark but he
  had to wait 7 days before the rain came!(74).
• Noah had never seen rain since up until now rain
  had never fallen on the earth!
• Gen 25-6

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• Where did all the water come from to cause the
  Flood?
• Answer (Gen 711)
• all the fountains of the great deep were broken
  up and the windows of heaven were open
• From both beneath and above!

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• How high were the waters on the earth?
• the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth,
  and all the high hills under the whole heaven
  were covered. The waters prevailed 15 cubits
  (approx 22.5 ft) upward, and the mountains were
  covered. Gen 719-20

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• The Bible indicates that the flood was global.
• all flesh died that moved on the earthall that
  was on dry land died Gen 721-22
• If the Flood was local, why did Noah have to
  build an Ark? He could have walked to the other
  side of the mountains and missed it.
• If the Flood was local, why did God send the
  animals to the Ark so they would escape death?
  There would have been other animals to reproduce
  that kind if these particular ones had died.
• If the Flood was local, why was the Ark big
  enough to hold all kinds of land vertebrate
  animals that have ever existed? If only
  Mesopotamian animals were aboard, the Ark could
  have been much smaller. (Creation, 1999)

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• If the Flood was local, why would birds have been
  sent on board? These could simply have winged
  across to a nearby mountain range.
• If the Flood was local, how could the waters rise
  to 15 cubits (8 meters) above the mountains
  (Genesis 720)? Water seeks its own level. It
  couldnt rise to cover the local mountains while
  leaving the rest of the world untouched.2
• If the Flood was local, people who did not happen
  to be living in the vicinity would not be
  affected by it. They would have escaped Gods
  judgment on sin.3 If this happened, what did
  Christ mean when He likened the coming judgment
  of all men to the judgment of all men (Matthew
  243739) in the days of Noah? A partial judgment
  in Noahs day means a partial judgment to come
  (Creation, 1999).

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• How long did the Flood last?
• It rained for 40 days and 40 nights
• Waters prevailed for 150 days (724)
• Noah was 600 yrs old when he went into the ark
  (Gen 76)
• 600, 2nd month, 17th day of the month (711)
  water came
• Noah was 601 when he went out of the ark
• 601, 2nd month, 27th day of the month (814-16)
• He was in the ark for more than 1 year.

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• What were the physical conditions like after the
  Flood?
• See Gen 822

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• What were the major differences in the way Man
  interacted with the creation after the flood?
• Animals feared man (92)
• Man was now permitted to eat meat (93-4)
• Human government established (95-6)

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• The major features of the covenant that God made
  with Noah.
• The covenant was with Noah, his descendants and
  with every living creature (99-10).
• Promise that there would never again be another
  world wide flood to destroy the earth (9 11).

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The Flood

• Where did the water come from for the Flood? Some
  Christians believe the following
• The Bible tells us that water came from two
  sources below the earth and above the earth.
  Evidently, the source for water below the ground
  was in great subterranean pools, or fountains
  of fresh water, which were broken open by
  volcanic and seismic (earthquake) activity. Ham
  Lovett (2007)

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• Where did all the water go after the Flood?
• Simply put, the water from the Flood is in the
  oceans and seas we see today. Three-quarters of
  the earths surface is covered with water.
• As even secular geologists observe, it does
  appear that the continents were at one time
  together and not separated by the vast oceans
  of today. The forces involved in the Flood were
  certainly sufficient to change all of this. Ham
  Lovett (2007)